Gmail Chat, once known as Gchat but more accurately referred to as Google Hangouts today, is the little messenger attached to your Gmail account you see in a web browser. The mobile version of Gmail ...

The real standout feature is how your Messenger Room can live on your Facebook profile, enabling friends or family members to spontaneously drop in and hang out with you over the video chat. When he's ...

Hangouts was announced at I/O 2013 and combined the company’s disparate messaging platforms into one unified product. It includes the text elements of Google Talk and Google+ Messenger/Huddle, as well ...

Meeting your friends for a virtual happy hour or game night is an easy way to stay connected when you can't hang IRL. There are plenty of ways to get in some virtual face time, and now you can add one ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Although it's become such a common phrase that everyone uses, you can't actually FaceTime anyone using an Android phone. That's because FaceTime ...

Facebook is taking on Zoom head-on. The social media giant announced Messenger Rooms, a video-calling feature that allows up to 50 users to start a virtual hangout with no time limit. You can invite ...

DEAR ERIC: I met someone in real life, and I asked – via Messenger – if she would like to hang out. The icons on Messenger say she has not seen the message. Although that may mean she saw the preview ...

Google+ has moved from invitation-only limited Field Trial to Beta mode open to the public. Along with the transition from Field Trial to Beta, Google also introduced a number of changes to the ...

Facebook Messenger now lets you add more people to a voice or video call without hanging up first. The new feature is available with the latest Android and iOS Messenger update. Previously, users who ...